Nancy L Carlson

Henry really likes kindergarten-there's painting, singing, story time and lots of new things to learn. But there's one thing Henry doesn't like: show and tell! His legs get all shaky and he's too shy to speak.

Henry tells his mother that he did not like his first day of first grade, but as he describes what he did and learned, he begins to realize that he might enjoy it after all.

Henry the mouse likes everything about first grade except reading, but with some extra help at school and home, he is delightfully surprised.